roughie

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English

Etymology

From rough +‎ -ie.

Noun

roughie (plural roughies)

  1. Alternative form of roughy (type of fish)
  2. (film, slang) A film portraying rough sex.
    • 2021, Rashna Wadia Richards, Cinematic TV: Serial Drama Goes to the Movies, page 97:
      Wishman's film is typically classified as a roughie within sexploitation cinema.

Scots

Noun

roughie

  1. dried heath